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Geometridae / Sterrhinae
Tropical forest
Congrats Jonathan your moth is featured in the Project Noah blog! http://blog.projectnoah.org/post/5623943...
Lovely color combination, black background makes picture more beautiful,,
Thank you bayucca AndrésHernandez for the ID. I put 2 more photos to help you to identify, in which you can see better the antennea
Thanks for the nice link. These are all moths from probably one of the below mentioned genus.
I would have thought this was a butterfly but i certainly could be wrong. Have a look at this blog http://jaimeinperu.blogspot.com.au/2008/... They have a picture of what looks to be the same species as this, unfortunately it's not identified on there.
I can't say it is a moth or a butterfly from the antennae because I don't clearly see the antennae. But I know it is a moth since I have never seen such a butterfly but many very similar moths. There are different genus and species around. But unfortunately it is not possible to clearly see all the details you should see for separating the different genus. It is most probably a Geometridae and Sterrhinae moth, but I am not 100% sure. One possible tribe are Cyllopodini and some genus Cyllopoda, Atyria, Atyriodes, Flavinia and Smicropus. From what I can see, I think it is not a Cyllopoda and not a Smicropus.
Hello Jonathan Guyot, your pusisite is a butterfly, which is a moth, the antennas are feathery are not normal antennas, thank you.